Sunday’s Fourth Annual Asbury Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade, expected to draw over 10,000 to the city, will feature not only an array of floats and participants but comes with city wide events in support of the day of Irish pride. The staging area is set for Seventh and Ocean avenues. Grand Marshal Caroline O’Toole […]

SantaCon’s return to Asbury Park on Saturday is being met with a cautionary welcome by city officials. This will be the fifth year the holiday themed bar crawl will be held in Asbury Park, and given past complaints, City officials are going on the record to ask the thousands who visit to be respectful. Acting […]

[Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to the zombie makeovers as free. Below find the pricing and chances to view the Zombie Walk’s Thriller Dance Performances.] The record breaking Asbury Park Zombie Walk returns Saturday to the city’s waterfront. Conceived, organized and produced by Jason Meehan, the event twice claimed the Guinness […]

Johnny Mac’s owner John McGillion announced this afternoon that he is in the midst of purchasing the rights to the Asbury Park Zombie Walk. “We’re looking forward to taking it over and getting involved,” the Asbury Park bar owner and restauranteur said. “It’s a tremendous asset to the City of Asbury Park.” McGillion said the […]

The Asbury Park Planning Board has granted restauranteur Johnny McGillion the right to keep the festooning affixed to his 208 Main Street pub and eatery. Board attorney Jack Serpico said a subcommittee met with project officials to establish new parameters for the Main Street business’ expansion. The Planning Board granted McGillion final site plan approval […]

Zombie Walk organizers have submitted an application to move forward with the annual event here in Asbury Park, Mayor John Moor said. “They put in an application two days ago,” Moor said in a telephone interview. “They will be making a presentation to the Special Events Committee on Thursday.” In an open letter to the […]

Johnny Mac’s owner John McGillion may have won the war but lost an important battle during Monday night’s final site plan approval for the expansion project that carries from his flagship Johnny Mac’s House of Spirits at 208 Main Street to the 212 Main Street location of Mary Mac’s. While Planning Board members unanimously granted […]

In honor of Earth Day, Friends of Wesley Lake is putting out a call for volunteers to help with their second annual lake cleanup and pub crawl. Scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday [with a Sunday rain date], the cleanup asks most volunteers to work from the banks skimming and pulling debris for raking […]

Business owners and residents throughout the city are getting ready for Sunday’s LGBTI Pride celebration. The event, now in its 22nd year, features a parade, rally and street festival on Sunday, June 2. Homeowners and store owners are adorning their property with rainbow flags in support of Pride Weekend, the largest of which can be […]

A planning board hearing on the proposed massive expansion of Johnny Mac’s tavern has been postponed to April 8. The board was slated to hear the application again on Monday, March 18, but architectural renderings were not complete in time, assistant planning and zoning officer Barbara Van Wagner said yesterday. Owner John McGillion, with his […]